consensus

詳細解釋：

con.sen.sus

n.（名詞）
An opinion or position reached by a group as a whole or by majority will:
大多數意見：一個團體作為整體或服從多數所達成的共識或立場：
例句：
The voters` consensus was that the measure should be adopted.
大多數選民的意見是採取這個措施

General agreement or accord:
大致上的同意或一致：
例句：
government by consensus.
被一致認可的政府

n.attributive.（定語名詞）
Often used to modify another noun:
常用來修飾另一個名詞：
例句：
consensus politics; consensus management.
代表多數人意見的政綱；代表民意的管理

來源：
Latin [from past participle of] cônsentore [to agree] * see consent
拉丁語 [] 源自cônsentore的過去分詞 [同意] *參見 consent

Many grammarians have maintained that the expressionconsensus of opinion is redundant, inasmuch asconsensus itself denotes a judgment about which there is general agreement. Consensus of opinion has often been used by reputable writers, however, and has sometimes been defended on the grounds that a consensus may involve attitudes other than opinions;thus, one may speak of aconsensus of beliefs, or a consensus of usage. Nonetheless, the qualifying phrase can usually be omitted with no loss of clarity.The sentenceIt was the consensus of opinion among the sportswriters that the game should not have been played says nothing that is not said by
許多語法學家都認為短語consensus of opinion 這個說法是羅唆的， 因為consensus 本身就表示一種得到大多數同意的意見。 然而consensus of opinion 仍常常被知名作家所使用， 並且有時人們會辯解說它除了意見上的一致外可能還包括態度上的一致；因此，我們可以說consensus of beliefs（信仰一致） 或 consensus of usage（用法一致）。 儘管這樣，限定性短語通常可以被省略而不會使表達不清楚。如體育新聞記者們的一致意見是這場比賽本不應該進行的 這個句子並不比
例句：
It was the consensus of the sportswriters that the game should not have been played. ·
體育新聞記者們一致認為這場比賽本不應該進行的這一句子多說些什麼。

Expressions such asoverall consensus and general consensus are harder to defend against the charge of redundancy. In the most recent survey,overall consensus was judged redundant by 95 percent of the members of the Usage Panel. See Usage Note at redundancy
象overall consensus（整體一致） 和 general consensus（大體上一致） 的說法，稱它們羅唆更是理所應當的。 在最近的調查中，用法專題使用小組中95%的成員認為overall consensus（整體一致） 是羅唆的 參見 redundancy